An interdisciplinary project with the Bayreuth Industrial Museum aims to bring AI-supported games to life in exhibitions - technically feasible, but still with hurdles. [more]
published: 08.09.2025
With a digital installation, the Richard Wagner Museum Bayreuth is setting new impulses in the communication of music history: a conductors' gallery honors the previous musical directors of the Wagner Festival. The Hof University of Applied Sciences made a decisive contribution to this. [more]
published: 02.09.2025
A new international research project is dedicated to the question of how women in Colombia are contributing to peace through environmental protection and resource use. Hof University of Applied Sciences is also involved, contributing its expertise in the field of sustainable water systems. [more]
published: 19.08.2025
The district of Hof and Hof University of Applied Sciences have now launched a joint project on sustainability, digitalization and future viability with the "Transferwerkstatt Wasser hoferLand.digital". The initiative is part of the district's smart city approach. [more]
published: 18.08.2025
The second network meeting of the EnerNET project in the field of energy management took place on July 17, 2025 from 2 to 7 pm. The host and organizer was the Institute for Hydrogen and Energy Technology (iwe) at Hof University of Applied Sciences. The EnerNET project is led by the iwe and consists of three individual networks: local and district heating, air conditioning and refrigeration technology and energy management. [more]
published: 07.08.2025
In his doctoral thesis, Dr. Sebastian Pahl investigated how secure anonymous communication on the internet really is. His focus was on the Tor network - a system that helps people to protect their identity online. [more]
published: 30.07.2025
It is often sufficient to anaesthetize only a limited area of the body during surgery. However, precise placement of the catheter is crucial for these so-called local or regional anesthetics. Until now, this was only possible with a great deal of experience, an increased dose of anesthetic or additional X-ray technology... [more]
published: 30.07.2025
Around four kilograms of plastics per capita end up in the environment in Germany every year - with some serious consequences for nature, people and water. How can we reduce this pollution? This was the central question of the S³Rem innovation network. [more]
published: 29.07.2025
Scientists at Hof University of Applied Sciences and engineers from the company Hydrotec in Selb want to optimize the treatment of so-called clear water - for example in intensive freshwater aquaculture. [more]
published: 29.07.2025
With KICKSTART, Hof University of Applied Sciences has launched a funding program that starts at a very early stage of a potential start-up - with the ideas or prototype development. The KICKSTART teams have six months to develop their idea into an MVP (Minimum Viable Product) or prototype. We present: Development of a modular mobile station for the identification of foreign water sources through short-term use - "FremdWa". [more]
published: 21.07.2025
The "Supply Chain Digitalization" research group at iisys at Hof University of Applied Sciences has completed a pilot project together with Ernst Röser GmbH that is fundamentally changing the procurement of packaging solutions in the B2B sector. [more]
published: 21.07.2025
As part of a network meeting of the EnerNET project at the end of June, a new test and research facility was inaugurated and put into operation at the Münchberg campus, in whose high-tech laboratories the Institute for Hydrogen and Energy Technology at Hof University of Applied Sciences (iwe) is currently still based until the new building at the Hof campus is completed. [more]
published: 17.07.2025
Floating islands in the middle of the campus? What looks like an art project at first glance is actually an innovative contribution to sustainable urban development. As part of the "AquaTex" project, students at Hof University of Applied Sciences have developed two planted floating islands that can purify water using special textiles. [more]
published: 15.07.2025
At the end of June, Dr. Harvey Harbach, research group leader at the Institute for Sustainable Water Systems (inwa), welcomed Ukrainian researchers to the university as part of the project "Integration of the 'sponge city' concept to develop a model for the sustainable restoration and management of water resources in areas of Ukraine affected by military impacts (IKoMoWa)". The aim was to jointly explore prospects for scientific cooperation. [more]
published: 07.07.2025
Who hasn't experienced this? Instead of deep rest, many people experience restless nights in summer due to heat build-up and heavy sweating. A newly developed comforter should now provide a remedy. [more]
published: 04.07.2025
In the "RuhBio" research project, scientists at Hof University of Applied Sciences are working together with industrial partners to develop innovative nonwoven materials for rail transportation. The goal is ambitious: Conventional soundproofing elements, such as those currently used in trains, are to be replaced by a sustainable, bio-based alternative. [more]
published: 01.07.2025
With KICKSTART, Hof University of Applied Sciences has launched a Program that starts at a very early stage of a potential start-up - with the ideas or prototype development. Prototype development. [more]
published: 26.06.2025
Denis Kiragu is a research fellow at the ibp. He summarizes his impressions of the country and the university for "campuls-digital". [more]
published: 23.06.2025